Raksha Bandhan: Free bus travel for women, children in Haryana

CHANDIGARH: Women along with their children up to the age of 15 years will be entitled to free travel in state-run buses on 'Raksha Bandhan', a Haryana government spokesman said on Tuesday.

They will be allowed free travel in ordinary buses of Haryana Roadways in Haryana and up to Delhi and Chandigarh on August 2, the spokesman said today. Over 11 lakh women and children had availed this facility last year, he said.

The Haryana government has been extending this facility to women since 2006, he said.